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Luxembourg
Nickname(s)	De Roude Léiw ; (The Red Lions)
Association	Luxembourg Football Federation; (Fédération Luxembourgeoise; de Football)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luc Holtz
Captain	René Peters
Most caps	Jeff Strasser (98)
Top scorer	Léon Mart (16)
Home stadium	Stade Josy Barthel
FIFA code	LUX
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	106 4
Highest	93 (April 1996)
Lowest	195 (August 2006)
First international
	Luxembourg 1–4 France ; (Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 29, 1911)
Biggest win
	Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan ; (London, England; July 26, 1948)
Biggest defeat
	Luxembourg 0–9 England ; (Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 19, 1960) ; England 9–0 Luxembourg ; (London, England; December 15, 1982)
European Championship
Appearances	none

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The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City.

History

Luxembourg played their first ever international match on 29 October 1911, in a friendly match against France; it resulted in a 1-4 defeat.^[1] Their first victory came on 8 February 1914, also in a match against France; they won 5-4.^[1]

World Cup record

1930 – Did not enter
1934 to 2010 – Did not qualify

European Championship record

1960 – Did not enter
1964 – 2012 – Did not qualify

Managers

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Name	Nation	Years
Paul Feierstein	Luxembourg	1933–1948
Jean-Pierre Hoscheit Jules Müller Albert Reuter	Luxembourg	1948–1949
Adolf Patek	Austria	1949–1953
Béla Volentik	Hungary	1953–1955
Eduard Havlicek	Austria	1955
Nandor Lengyel	Hungary	1955–1959
Pierre Sinibaldi	France	1959–1960
Robert Heinz	West Germany	1960–1969
Ernst Melchior	France	1969–1972
Gilbert Legrand	France	1972–1977
Arthur Schoos	Luxembourg	1978
Louis Pilot	Luxembourg	1978–1984
Jozef Vliers	Belgium	1984
Josy Kirchens	Luxembourg	1985
Paul Philipp	Luxembourg	1985–2001
Allan Simonsen	Denmark	2001–2004
Guy Hellers	Luxembourg	2004–2010
Luc Holtz	Luxembourg	2010–present

Players

Jeff Strasser holds the record for number of international appearances for Luxembourg; he earned 98 caps between 1993 and 2010.^[3]

Léon Mart holds the record for number of international goals for Luxembourg; he scored 16 goals in 24 matches between 1933 and 1946.^[4]

In 2004, the Luxembourg Football Federation selected Louis Pilot as their Golden Player, Luxembourg's greatest player of the past 50 years.^[5]

Current squad

The following players are called up for the friendly match against Georgia on 15 August 2012.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jonathan Joubert	(1979-09-12) September 12, 1979 (age 45)	53	0	F91 Dudelange
12	1GK	Marc Oberweis	(1982-11-06) November 6, 1982 (age 42)	7	0	Jeunesse Esch

10	3MF	Chris Philipps	(1994-03-08) March 8, 1994 (age 30)	3	0	FC Metz
2	2DF	Guy Blaise	(1980-12-12) December 12, 1980 (age 43)	25	0	Virton
4	2DF	Eric Hoffmann	(1984-06-21) June 21, 1984 (age 40)	79	0	Jeunesse Esch
5	2DF	Tom Schnell	(1985-10-08) October 8, 1985 (age 39)	29	0	Fola Esch
6	2DF	Tom Laterza	(1992-05-09) May 9, 1992 (age 32)	17	0	CS Fola Esch
15	2DF	Mathias Jänisch	(1990-08-27) August 27, 1990 (age 34)	20	0	Differdange 03
17	2DF	Ante Bukvić	(1987-11-14) November 14, 1987 (age 37)	5	0	Differdange 03

3	3MF	Mario Mutsch	(1984-09-03) September 3, 1984 (age 40)	57	1	St. Gallen
8	3MF	Gilles Bettmer	(1989-03-31) March 31, 1989 (age 35)	50	1	Differdange 03
10	3MF	René Peters	(1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 43)	87	3	RM Hamm Befica
13	3MF	Ben Payal	(1988-09-08) September 8, 1988 (age 36)	47	0	F91 Dudelange
14	3MF	Lars Gerson	(1990-02-05) February 5, 1990 (age 34)	22	1	IFK Norrköping
18	3MF	Charles Leweck	(1983-07-19) July 19, 1983 (age 41)	35	2	Etzella Ettelbruck

7	4FW	Daniel da Mota	(1988-09-11) September 11, 1988 (age 36)	38	2	F91 Dudelange
9	4FW	Aurélien Joachim	(1986-08-10) August 10, 1986 (age 38)	34	4	Willem II
11	4FW	Stefano Bensi	(1988-08-11) August 11, 1988 (age 36)	10	0	CS Fola Esch
16	4FW	Maurice Deville	(1992-07-31) July 31, 1992 (age 32)	4	2	07 Elversberg

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
2DF	Dan Collette	(1985-04-02) April 2, 1985 (age 39)	31	0	Jeunesse Esch
2DF	Kim Kintziger	(1987-04-02) April 2, 1987 (age 37)	7	0	Differdange 03
2DF	Massimo Martino	(1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 (age 34)	5	0	F91 Dudelange
2DF	Chris Philipps	Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day	2	0	Metz U19

3MF	Joël Pedro	(1992-04-10) April 10, 1992 (age 32)	8	0	F91 Dudelange

4FW	Joël Kitenge	(1987-11-12) November 12, 1987 (age 37)	15	2	F91 Dudelange

References

^ ^a ^b "Luxembourg - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "Les entraîneurs nationaux du Luxembourg" (in French). profootball.lu. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "Jeff Strasser - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "JLéon Mart - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

External links

[results-1] "Luxembourg - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

[2] "Les entraîneurs nationaux du Luxembourg" (in French). profootball.lu. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

[3] "Jeff Strasser - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

[4] "JLéon Mart - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

[5] "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-24.

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